Shitie Dessalegn, Zewde Tewabech, Molla Yalew
Biomedical Science Department, School of Medicine, Debre Markos University, P. O. Box, 269, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Physiology Department, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box, 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
BMC Res Notes. 2018 Oct 5;11(1):704. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3805-8.
The aim of the study was to determine level of anemia and other hematological profiles in pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, Ethiopia.
Prevalence of anemia was 2.8% and that of thrombocytopenia was 10.2%. Out of the anemic pregnant mothers, 5 (62.5%) were mildly anemic and 2 (25%) were severely anemic. The factor age < 20 years of mothers was significantly associated with anemia (P < 0.05). In addition, the occurrence of anemia in mothers who visited antenatal clinic two times is two times higher than those mother who visited the antenatal clinic three times. Moreover, the prevalence of anemia is two times more likely to occur in pregnant mothers who did not take iron supplements as compared to their counter parts. According to pregnancy periods; mean white blood cells count was (8.48 ± 3.09, 8.83 ± 2.73, 8.86 ± 2.67) × 10/L for the first, second and third trimesters, respectively. Red blood cells and platelet counts in the first trimester were significantly higher than their corresponding values in third trimester (P < 0.01), whereas mean hemoglobin and hematocrit values were not statistically significant within trimesters (P > 0.05).
本研究旨在确定埃塞俄比亚德布雷伯汉转诊医院产前保健门诊孕妇的贫血水平及其他血液学指标。
贫血患病率为2.8%，血小板减少症患病率为10.2%。在贫血的孕妇中，5例（62.5%）为轻度贫血，2例（25%）为重度贫血。母亲年龄<20岁这一因素与贫血显著相关（P<0.05）。此外，就诊两次产前门诊的母亲贫血发生率是就诊三次的母亲的两倍。而且，未服用铁补充剂的孕妇贫血患病率是服用者的两倍。根据孕期，第一、第二和第三孕期的平均白细胞计数分别为（8.48±3.09、8.83±2.73、8.86±2.67）×10/L。第一孕期的红细胞和血小板计数显著高于第三孕期的相应值（P<0.01），而各孕期的平均血红蛋白和血细胞比容值无统计学意义（P>0.05）。
